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The Power of Beauty – Sarah Babbs, Ignitum Today

Putting The Genie Back In The Bottle: Three Hour Eucharistic Fast – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

Should I Set Aside My Meditation and Vocal Prayer for My Spiritual Life? – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction

Refilling Empty Pews: Can NFP Course be Agent of Evangelization? – John F. Kippley PhD, Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Values, Virtues, and Your Daughter’s Date – Leila Miller, Catholic Lane

11-year-old Christian Girl with Down’s Syndrome Violates Blasphemy Law – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

The Silence of the Pulpits by Bill Warner – Big ulpit

Five Habits of a Successful Catholic Student – Brad Noel, Southern Fried Catholicism

Did Pius XII Teach that the Virgin Mary Died? Yes – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Post-Christian America Needs to be Catholic to Survive – Fr. C. John McCloskey III, The Catholic Thing

In Our Life, Justice and Mercy Should be United – New Catholic, Rorate Cæli

Why Is the Immaculate Conception Important? – Jimmy Akin, JimmyAkin.com

Paul Ryan, the USCCB and the Poor – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

An Outline of a Secular Argument Against Same-Sex Marriage – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

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